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who knows the difference between the detroit lions and a dollar bill? it turns out that from a dollar bill you can still get four quarters. [laughter] thank you. i'll be performing all week at aei. let's talk about football and theodore roosevelt. i'd like to start with a statistic. in 1905, 18 people died playing football. in 1905, 18 people died playing football. so we hear a lot today about the problem concussions and head injuries and long-term health effects of all that, that's a controversy in football today. but it's got nothing on the challenges that football faced a little more than a century ago. so, let's go back in time. in 1876, theodore roosevelt attended his first football game. he was an 18 year old freshman at harvard university. he got on a train with a bunch of friends and they went to new haven, connecticut, where they watched the second ever football game played between harvard and yale. so in the history of college sports, there are a lot of great rivalries. michigan has ohio state. alabama has auburn. the heritage foundation and t
who knows the difference between the detroit lions and a dollar bill? it turns out that from a dollar bill you can still get four quarters. [laughter] thank you. i'll be performing all week at aei. let's talk about football and theodore roosevelt. i'd like to start with a statistic. in 1905, 18 people died playing football. in 1905, 18 people died playing football. so we hear a lot today about the problem concussions and head injuries and long-term health effects of all that, that's a...
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first time i went to the mosque in detroit i was mesmerized. my cousin took me and we were sitting there and he would have a lectern or blackboard on the stage. he is writing all the time as he is talking to people and he misspelled word. i nudged my cousin. do you going to tell him? not going to tell him. no way in the world by will correct him on that and after it is over we have a chance to meet demand you stand in the aisle when he goes up and down shaking everybody's hand thanking them for coming out. later on in life i shall will chamberlain's hand but i remember malcolm's hand. one of the most powerful groups i ever experienced. like you can pick up a flower and point down a road with it and the strength of that hand and his integrity has lived with me all these many years. i knew ahead manning parable very well at the same time. .. one to point out the positive aspects. for me i think that what we are going to try to do with this upcoming book is kind of sort that out of it. put 100 reviews from this book. i've had a chance to read most
first time i went to the mosque in detroit i was mesmerized. my cousin took me and we were sitting there and he would have a lectern or blackboard on the stage. he is writing all the time as he is talking to people and he misspelled word. i nudged my cousin. do you going to tell him? not going to tell him. no way in the world by will correct him on that and after it is over we have a chance to meet demand you stand in the aisle when he goes up and down shaking everybody's hand thanking them for...
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but tecumseh said this truth that i am not a fake or a phony, when i get back to detroit the earth will shake and buildings will fall. when he got to detroit there was the new madrid earthquakes where the building did shake and the mississippi river changed course for a while and new lakes were formed. it was a major earthquake in that part of the country. so really, i wonder what it would be like if he was a round today. >> host: tecumseh is an angle sized name of that chief, is it not? >> guest: i don't know. >> host: you give his real name or his native american name in "the woman who watches over the world". >> guest: something starts, shooting star. [talking over each other] >> guest: had to do with a -- m --com --comet. >> host: how did it get to tecumseh? >> guest: because when the white men ritter he scared them by telling them there was going to be a flash of light through the sky at night and there was. >> host: next call from michigan. hi, lillian. >> caller: been waiting and happy to talk to you. i don't know you but i am very happy to know that i am going to read all your b
but tecumseh said this truth that i am not a fake or a phony, when i get back to detroit the earth will shake and buildings will fall. when he got to detroit there was the new madrid earthquakes where the building did shake and the mississippi river changed course for a while and new lakes were formed. it was a major earthquake in that part of the country. so really, i wonder what it would be like if he was a round today. >> host: tecumseh is an angle sized name of that chief, is it not?...
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when people came from the south in 1930s and '40s from new york and pittsburgh and detroit, left the farms, left the sharecropping to come north. they came to take jobs on the assembly line. they didn't have to have a great education. they had to have a great work ethic and they could earn a good living, support a family and buy a home and move on up. the jobs don't exist anymore. if the jobs at the top require college and the factory jobs have disappeared or moved off shore, what's left for the high school graduate? answer, the bottom rung of jobs. the low paid service jobs. these are those -- there are those who say that's okay. that we have enough college graduates and we don't need anymore. a few months ago, i debated a pair of the college deniers as i call them, college professor and rider on a pbs debate. i posed this question to them. is this the answer that you give to your own children and to your own grandchildren when they ask you whether they should be go to college? do you tell them, oh, you don't need to think about it. we've got enough of those? they didn't answer. the
when people came from the south in 1930s and '40s from new york and pittsburgh and detroit, left the farms, left the sharecropping to come north. they came to take jobs on the assembly line. they didn't have to have a great education. they had to have a great work ethic and they could earn a good living, support a family and buy a home and move on up. the jobs don't exist anymore. if the jobs at the top require college and the factory jobs have disappeared or moved off shore, what's left for...
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he went to detroit. he came to silicon valley and declared technology to be racist. this company at that time had 35 percent minority employees come everyone of them was shareholder. 44 percent of the executive the peace or minorities. he gave a "to one new station, and i say jesse jackson reminds me of a sigell. he flies in, craps over everything and then flies out. okay. lesson here is simple. just believe it. have the courage of your conviction. just say it. if they sense weakness there will kill you. don't show any weakness. so these heroes i have been talking about our businessmen, and a lot of people misread it to say that what it is really telling you is that all businessmen are good and all government people are evil. go back and read. to is the main villain? the businessman, james taggart, the president, the great pension that runs throughout the book is the conflict between james taggart and his sister. all of the placental tissue political machinations are because james taggart is pulling the strings with his own cross decapolis games. so in our book when
he went to detroit. he came to silicon valley and declared technology to be racist. this company at that time had 35 percent minority employees come everyone of them was shareholder. 44 percent of the executive the peace or minorities. he gave a "to one new station, and i say jesse jackson reminds me of a sigell. he flies in, craps over everything and then flies out. okay. lesson here is simple. just believe it. have the courage of your conviction. just say it. if they sense weakness there...
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there was panic in new york city, chicago, detroit, richmond's, a riot because all of the prisoners and state penitentiary demanded to be released. the story when out that there was a right going on. 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns try to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the south and even down to cuba there was flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the self. so, it was used. >> in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston. it was not known outside charleston. some interesting times for the earthquake to hit because this city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity. they are very used to the insight to having instantaneous communication three telegraph, off. as you get closer and closer to charleston you get more and more dramatic effect. the most dramatic, to me, was what they called sand blows or liquefaction back -- liquefaction. it's like geysers that shot up two stories in the air. the biggest pocket of those was actually a round 10-mile bell which is right were the ch
there was panic in new york city, chicago, detroit, richmond's, a riot because all of the prisoners and state penitentiary demanded to be released. the story when out that there was a right going on. 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns try to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the south and even down to cuba there was flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the self. so, it was used. >> in fact, it caused a lot...
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in chicago, in detroit. richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at the state penitentiary demanded to be released and the story went out that there was a riot that had gone on. and there was guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising all through the southeast and even down to cuba they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston that was not known outside of charleston at night. it's an interesting time for the earthquake to hit because the city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity and they are used to having instantaneous information because of the telegraph and you get closer and closer you get more dramatic effects. the most dramatic to me what they call sand blows or geyser that shot up 2 stories in the air and the biggest pocket of those was actually around 10-mile hill which is right where the charleston international airpo
in chicago, in detroit. richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at the state penitentiary demanded to be released and the story went out that there was a riot that had gone on. and there was guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising all through the southeast and even down to cuba they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around...
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the middle east for the next so why hasn't barack obama come to the west side of chicago oregon to detroit and talk about urban america? has he missed an opportunity to you think to put those issues which i think it's fair to say george bush ignored that on a higher plane? >> barack obama has a set of issues the white president doesn't have and i can't look into his mind. i don't know what he's going to do if he gets a second term when barack obama tried to make a point it was a teachable moment after skip gates got arrested at his house by well outside his house actually by the police in cambridge i think he said okay this is clearly a case of de copper overreacting to something he shouldn't have done whether the good professor said to him she wasn't creating a public disturbance, he wasn't a danger to anybody he certainly doesn't need to be in handcuffs, so let me say that, let me use this moment to make some statements about police behavior when it comes to african-american communities and take this occasion to say that the the police did something stupid. there was a firestorm reaction
the middle east for the next so why hasn't barack obama come to the west side of chicago oregon to detroit and talk about urban america? has he missed an opportunity to you think to put those issues which i think it's fair to say george bush ignored that on a higher plane? >> barack obama has a set of issues the white president doesn't have and i can't look into his mind. i don't know what he's going to do if he gets a second term when barack obama tried to make a point it was a teachable...
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basically a detroit or, you know, sort of rust belt city where the people who can't afford the self-sort into some neighborhood in chicago or, you know, new york are with people like them who are like them because they can't move, you know? >> but it sounds like, it sounds like the danger you're focusing on here is somewhat to the individual. as yo say, you don't -- as you say, you don't want people to make judgments based on guilt by association, but it's also about society as a whole, if i understand you. the danger of this kind of sorting is really, um, about what happens to the larger social group. not just the individual. so what is that danger? what will go wrong if we get better and better at relevance? >> guest: well, there's a couple things. so, you know, one is just this very basic thing of being able to empathize with, understand what's going on in someone else's life or what a different perspective might look like. and if you're, if you're in, you know, if you're exposed to lots of different, diverse pieces of information, if you're seeing stories that are not that relevant t
basically a detroit or, you know, sort of rust belt city where the people who can't afford the self-sort into some neighborhood in chicago or, you know, new york are with people like them who are like them because they can't move, you know? >> but it sounds like, it sounds like the danger you're focusing on here is somewhat to the individual. as yo say, you don't -- as you say, you don't want people to make judgments based on guilt by association, but it's also about society as a whole,...
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are then a sort of self served by default in other words you have these cities where people basically detroit or the rust belt city where the people who can't afford to solve sort in some neighborhood and chicago or new york people like them because they can't move. >> host: it sounds like the danger that you are focusing on here is somewhat to meet individual. you don't want people to make judgments on a us based on guilt by association but it's also about the society as a whole if i understanding you the danger of this is about what happens to the larger social groups not just the individual. >> guest: what would be wrong if we got a better and better at relevance? >> guest: there's a couple things. so you know, one is just this very basic thing of being able to empathize with, understand what's going on and someone else's life or what a different perspective might it look like and if you are exposed to lots of different diverse pieces of information or seeing stories that relate that are not that relevant to people like you but are relevant to other people, then it calls your attention to
are then a sort of self served by default in other words you have these cities where people basically detroit or the rust belt city where the people who can't afford to solve sort in some neighborhood and chicago or new york people like them because they can't move. >> host: it sounds like the danger that you are focusing on here is somewhat to meet individual. you don't want people to make judgments on a us based on guilt by association but it's also about the society as a whole if i...
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so the city governments of new york, los angeles, detroit, the state government of california establishing internship programs. essentially, just at the time when, no surprise, governments are vastly expanding because of the new deal and because of various social programs. um, and there's a push to kind of rationalize public administration. and one of the things you rationalized when you do your sort of standardization and rationalization of a field is the process by which people enter. so internships fill that role. so it seems like public administration really. not politics so much. not what you might think of as capitol hill internships which is a species unto itself, but the field of public administration is the first place after medicine that you see adopting the internship model. and after world war world war ii, it begins to go much more general, and you see corporate america looking to the internship. you see the growth of human resources in firms, um, you know, such that it becomes -- any firm of any size is going to have a human resources department, and a human resources departm
so the city governments of new york, los angeles, detroit, the state government of california establishing internship programs. essentially, just at the time when, no surprise, governments are vastly expanding because of the new deal and because of various social programs. um, and there's a push to kind of rationalize public administration. and one of the things you rationalized when you do your sort of standardization and rationalization of a field is the process by which people enter. so...
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there was panic in new york city, in chicago, in detroit, um, richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at state penitentiary demanded to be released, and the story went out that there was a riot going on, and 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the southeast and even down to cuba, they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the, um, shelves. so it was huge. >> and, in fact, it caused a lot of havoc in the area around charleston that was not known outside of charleston. that night, it's an interesting time for the earthquake to hit was the city and -- because the city and the world is sort of on the cusp of modernity, and they are used to have instantaneous communication through telegraph. but as you get closer and closer to charleston, you get more and more dramatic effects. the most dramatic to me were the what they called the fan blows or liquefaction factors, geysers that shot up as much as two stories in the air. and the biggest pocket of those was
there was panic in new york city, in chicago, in detroit, um, richmond had a riot because all the prisoners at state penitentiary demanded to be released, and the story went out that there was a riot going on, and 10,000 people descended on the penitentiary with guns trying to put down what they thought was an uprising. all through the southeast and even down to cuba, they were seeing flashes of light that came from the earthquake and glasses were shaking off of the, um, shelves. so it was...
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why has a barack obama come to the west side of chicago or gons to detroit and talk about urbanb america?am has amassed an opperorunity, do you think, to put those issues,o which, i think it's fair to say, george bush ignored, back on a r higher plane? >> barack has a set of issues that a white president doesn'tf have. i can't look into his mind.ook i don't know what he's going to do with his second term, if, in fact, he gets one. when barack tried to our make a point, which he obviously sought teachable moment after skipme gates get arrested in this house when he stepped outside, by the police in cambridge, i think he said, okay, this is clearly a case of a cop overreacting, doing something that he should not haveacng done, whenever the professor said to have. he was not creating a publica pl disturbance. he was not a danger to anybody. he certainly did not need to be in handcuffs. let me say, you know, that me a use this moment to make some statements about police behavior when it comes to africant american communities and let me take this occasion to say that the police did something
why has a barack obama come to the west side of chicago or gons to detroit and talk about urbanb america?am has amassed an opperorunity, do you think, to put those issues,o which, i think it's fair to say, george bush ignored, back on a r higher plane? >> barack has a set of issues that a white president doesn'tf have. i can't look into his mind.ook i don't know what he's going to do with his second term, if, in fact, he gets one. when barack tried to our make a point, which he obviously...
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when i get back to detroit, the earth will shake, and the buildings will fall. and when he got to detroit, there was the new madrid earthquake where the buildings did shake, and the river changed -- the mississippi river changed course for a while. and new lakes were formed. so it was -- and it was a major earthquake in that part of the country. so, really, he was, he was -- i wonder what it would be like if he was around today. [laughter] >> host: linda hogan, i think tecumseh is an anglicized name of that chief, is it not? >> guest: i don't know. >> host: because you give his real name or his native american name in "the woman who watches over the world." >> guest: oh, something like something star, shooting star. >> host: no, you give the indian pronunciation. >> guest: it had something to do with a comet. that's right. >> host: there you go. next call for -- how did it get to tecum shah, do you have any idea? the. >> guest: oh, yes. because when the white men were there, he scared them by telling them there was going to be, you know, a flash of light through
when i get back to detroit, the earth will shake, and the buildings will fall. and when he got to detroit, there was the new madrid earthquake where the buildings did shake, and the river changed -- the mississippi river changed course for a while. and new lakes were formed. so it was -- and it was a major earthquake in that part of the country. so, really, he was, he was -- i wonder what it would be like if he was around today. [laughter] >> host: linda hogan, i think tecumseh is an...
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that the detroit area occasions, and they are obvious a tremendous a great and fantastically greatest group of people that people knew, in a particular bomb plot, quite a large the german officer corps and the german general staff and service which german generals themselves were a very ambitious group who were quite willing to out maneuver each other, they were quite willing if one was sacked, to jump into his place. they took large amounts of cash, money from adolf hitler in poland and so on. the gentleman in the back of there. >> you raise the question in the literature up to this talk about why the panthers were held back, and have trees, i never heard that. >> thank you for mentioning that. the question was why i 24th of may 194071 years ago today as it turns out, were the panzers have it virtually surrounded the town of dunker, were on the heights above the town given the order, giving the notorious halt order, which because they didn't didn't go down into the town, allowed the british force of a court of the layman and then some 80,000 french to escape. it was finally counted o
that the detroit area occasions, and they are obvious a tremendous a great and fantastically greatest group of people that people knew, in a particular bomb plot, quite a large the german officer corps and the german general staff and service which german generals themselves were a very ambitious group who were quite willing to out maneuver each other, they were quite willing if one was sacked, to jump into his place. they took large amounts of cash, money from adolf hitler in poland and so on....
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it makes the detroit auto workers to geniuses they give the bulk of our money our money to increasingly irrelevant intermediaries and on top of that, allow retailers to return any merchandise they can't sell at the publisher's expense for a full refund. they spend virtually nothing on promotion and a past review culture that more and more thinks it's job is to sell books rather than evaluate them and most damning they not only refuse to i think what the way they do business but expect riders to bear the brunt of the disaster in the form of decreased advances, decreased sales and decreased opportunities to publish work that doesn't fit in a increasingly homoz recognized working place. what is most astonishly it doesn't have to be this way. it's possible for each and every writer to sell his or her books directly to readers not just the steven king's and john browns and john grisham who mark my words will be do egg it soon enough but each and every person in this room today and each and every person whoever gets it together put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and churn out a few hundr
it makes the detroit auto workers to geniuses they give the bulk of our money our money to increasingly irrelevant intermediaries and on top of that, allow retailers to return any merchandise they can't sell at the publisher's expense for a full refund. they spend virtually nothing on promotion and a past review culture that more and more thinks it's job is to sell books rather than evaluate them and most damning they not only refuse to i think what the way they do business but expect riders to...
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new york publishers make detroit automakers look like geniuses. they give away the bulk of their money, our money to a series of increasingly irrelevant and monopolistic intermediaries and on top of that allow retailers to return any merchandise they can sell at the public's expense for a full refund. they spend virtually nothing and promotion, relying instead on a fast disappearing review culture that more and more seems to think it's job is to sell books read it and evaluate them and most damning late in not only refuse to change the way they do business but expect riders to bear the brunt of the disaster in the form of decrees advances, decrease sales, and decreased opportunities to publish work that does not fit into an increasingly homogenized marketplace. what is most astonishing of all is that it simply doesn't have to be this way. we live in a moment when it is possible for each and every right to sell his or her books directly to readers, not just seething kings and dan browns and john grisham's to mark my words will be doing this in enou
new york publishers make detroit automakers look like geniuses. they give away the bulk of their money, our money to a series of increasingly irrelevant and monopolistic intermediaries and on top of that allow retailers to return any merchandise they can sell at the public's expense for a full refund. they spend virtually nothing and promotion, relying instead on a fast disappearing review culture that more and more seems to think it's job is to sell books read it and evaluate them and most...